8:21 AM.Paula Bennett named Whanganui as one of the places with vacant state houses that Aucklanders could shift in to. Sian McGibbon of the Whanganui Housing Trust says when she asked to use three of those… Read moreAudio

8:18 AM.The Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett denies blindsiding Bill English over a policy to give state housing tenants and homeless in Auckland up to five-thousand dollars to move to the regions. Audio

7:26 AM.People living in state houses in one of Auckland's poorest suburbs say a cash injection of five thousand dollars to pack up and move to the regions is no incentive without job prospects attached to… Read moreAudio

6:50 AM.The software firm, Jade, says it expects to see a 10 to 20 percent increase in revenue this financial year, but is still expecting to make another loss this year, and possibly the year after as well. Audio

6:43 AM.Christchurch residents frustrated at being shut out the decision making on the future of Chirstchurch's redzone are calling for more consultation from the new agency in charge of the area. Audio

6:14 AM.A million dollar legal battle is delaying completion of the Around the Mountains Cycle Trail in Southland, on top of costs which have already taken the project almost six million dollars over budget. Audio

6:00 AM.It's Budget Day -- our political editor Jane Patterson and economics correspondent Patrick O'Meara look at what might be in store. Homeless people in Auckland scoff at the Government's cash incentive… Read moreAudio